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... same case . Want of Perspicuity Elliptical Modes of Speech ...... .. Other ungrammatical Phrases 18 19 ib . ib . 20 ib . ib . 21 ib . ib . ib . 22 23 ib . 24 28 34 37 L Nominative without a Verb Verb without a Nominative Preposition.
... same case . Want of Perspicuity Elliptical Modes of Speech ...... .. Other ungrammatical Phrases 18 19 ib . ib . 20 ib . ib . 21 ib . ib . ib . 22 23 ib . 24 28 34 37 L Nominative without a Verb Verb without a Nominative Preposition.
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... Phrases misused ...... 128 " Valde lacrymable hiatus ' ib . " Ludovico Magno is multiplied " ib . " An Ephemera 99 " A Deo rex , a lege rex 129 ..... 99 130 " Pro pauperes et indigentes scholares " ib . " Phantasmagoria " -a Plural 131 ...
... Phrases misused ...... 128 " Valde lacrymable hiatus ' ib . " Ludovico Magno is multiplied " ib . " An Ephemera 99 " A Deo rex , a lege rex 129 ..... 99 130 " Pro pauperes et indigentes scholares " ib . " Phantasmagoria " -a Plural 131 ...
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... phrases in which the verb precedes the nouns : when it comes after them , the sense and the sound alike require that it should agree with them in number . In support of the opposite view , examples have been cited from Shakspeare and ...
... phrases in which the verb precedes the nouns : when it comes after them , the sense and the sound alike require that it should agree with them in number . In support of the opposite view , examples have been cited from Shakspeare and ...
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... phrase in which the singular is often employed , although it would be more consistent with grammar to use the plural ... phrases is to invert the order of the words thus : - “ Of the most delightful cities which is to be found in Europe ...
... phrase in which the singular is often employed , although it would be more consistent with grammar to use the plural ... phrases is to invert the order of the words thus : - “ Of the most delightful cities which is to be found in Europe ...
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... phrases , that they contain a contradiction in terms . Take , for example , our last quotation . The writer means to ... phrase sounds as if he had said : — 66 Alexander , emperor of Russia , is the sove- reign of modern times who has ...
... phrases , that they contain a contradiction in terms . Take , for example , our last quotation . The writer means to ... phrase sounds as if he had said : — 66 Alexander , emperor of Russia , is the sove- reign of modern times who has ...
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